Functions Reference

Design functions
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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 80
RelationInfo
Purpose
Returns a list of four values for each relationship directly related to tableName.
Format
RelationInfo(fileName;tableName)
Parameters
fileName - the name of an open database file (local or remote).
tableName - the name of a table in the specified database file.
Important See Design functions for information about literal text parameters.
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Values in a list are separated by carriage returns, and lists are separated by two carriage returns.
For each additional
relationship connected to tableName, an additional list of four values is output.
The four values are:
• Source: Data Source Name of the database table connected to tableName.
• Table: the name of the table connected to tableName.
• Options: the options that were set in the right side of the Edit Relationship dialog box
when the relationship was defined. This line is blank if the following options are not set;
otherwise these options are separated by spaces.
• Delete, if Delete related records in this table when a record is deleted in the other
table is selected in the right side of the Edit Relationship dialog box.
• Create, if Allow creation of records in this table via this relationship is selected in
the right side of the Edit Relationship dialog box.
• Sorted, if Sort records is selected in the right side of the Edit Relationship dialog box.
• Relationships: a list of the defined relationships, one per line. Field names are fully
qualified, for example,
TableName::Field Name.